Sauer (France)

Infobox River | river_name = Sauer


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origin = Pfälzerwald
mouth = Rhine
coord|48|54|55|N|8|9|25|E|name=Rhine-Sauer|display=inline,title
basin_countries = Germany, France
length = ±70 km
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discharge =
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The Sauer is a river in France (Alsace) and Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate). A left tributary of the river Rhine, its total length is about 70 km. Its upper course, in Germany, is called Saarbach. Its source is in the Palatinate forest, near the French border, south of Pirmasens. It flows into France near Schönau, and continues through Wœrth and north of Haguenau. It flows into the Rhine in Seltz, opposite the mouth of the Murg.

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/A3--0110.php?cg=A3--0110 The Sauer at the Sandre database]